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Press release, September 19, 2006: “The Judicial Conference of the United States today approved two policies aimed at aiding and enhancing judges’ compliance with established ethical obligations. The Conference voted to require all federal courts to use conflict-checking computer software to identify cases in which judges may have a financial conflict of interest and should …
GovTrack.us the site “Independently Tracking the United States Congress, has added a new feature: committee assignments are now listed for all Members of Congress.”
In connection with a hearing scheduled by the Senate Committee on Finance for September 20, 2006, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Background Relating To Selected Business Tax Issues (JCX-41-06), September 19, 2006.
Via Madeleine Davis: “The September issue of ‘WorldLII News’ is available here. Contents this month include new databases on AustLII, CanLII, Droit francophone, CommonLII and NZLII and a new Privacy Law Library on WorldLII. ‘WorldLII News’ is free and published regularly. Previous issues can be accessed here.
A database of every year of FORTUNE’s list of America’s largest corporations, 1955-2005 [view by year or by company name] Fortune 500 2006 Fortune’s list of the world’s largest corporations, including detailed company profiles and contact information Fortune 100 fastest growing companies
“Based on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, LegiStorm’s first information product is a database of congressional staff salaries. The information is provided in a strictly factual, non-partisan fashion. We have no political purpose except to make the workings of Congress as transparent as possible. We expect this resource to be useful to journalists, researchers, and …
National Conference of State Legislatures 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources, updated September 2006. The 15 covered topics include: Agriculture & Rural Development Elections, Campaigns & Redistricting, Ethics, Health issues and Transportation.
Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism (September 2006), by Timothy Lynch: “The purpose of this paper is not to criticize any particular policy initiative. Reasonable people can honestly disagree about what needs to be done to combat the terrorists who are bent on killing Americans. However, a conscientious discussion of our policy options must begin …
Belgium Orders Google to Remove News Items or Pay Huge Fine: “A Brussels court has ordered internet giant Google to pay 1 million euro a day if it does not remove all news articles and pictures from French and German language newspapers on its news site, Belgian media reported on Monday.” Belgian court brings Google …
Financial Restatement Database, GAO-06-1053R, August 31, 2006. “On July 24, 2006, we issued a report to Congress entitled, Financial Restatements: Update of Public Company Trends, Market Impacts, and Regulatory Enforcement Activities. That report included a listing of 1,390 financial restatement announcements that we identified as having been made because of financial reporting fraud and/or accounting …
Follow-up to July 11, 2006 posting, New York Courts to Make “Virtual” Case Files Available on the Internet, the link for the Supreme Court Records On-Line Library is now available. Users may search CCIS – This database contains all cases assigned to a Judge from 1986 to date; or CCOP – All cases filed with …
From Diane Kovacs: Results of Core Consumer Medical/Health Reference Tools Survey, includes Print, Free Web-Sites, Govdocs Sites, and Fee-Based Websites. Results of Professional Professional/Research Medical/Health Core Reference Survey, includes Print, Free Web-Sites, Govdocs Sites, and Fee-Based Websites.
